Is HBase appropriate for indexed blob storage in HDFS, or is another tool in the Hadoop ecosystem more appropriate? How large can the blo...Answer (1 of 4): I agree with Joydeep, HBase is not ideal when dealing with arbitrarily large cells (aka. column values). I am looking into this as a side project I am working on, I used the name "hblobstore" out of lack of finding a more appealing one. I am using HBase to store a few things, on...
